Some Twitter users, even those who do not follow Elon Musk, say their For You feed was full of his tweets and replies after changes made over the weekend
For many of us, Twitter's “For You” is full of tweets and replies to tweets from Elon Musk. Not everyone is getting the Elon-first feed …
US financial regulators are rapidly closing crypto's key routes to the banking system, accelerating since FTX collapsed, pushing the industry to the fringes
Crypto's free pass is getting yanked as the most powerful US financial regulators rapidly close key doors to the country's banking system.
At Microsoft's demo last week, the “new Bing” incorrectly summarized Gap's Q3 2022 earnings and provided wrong info on a pet vacuum and Mexico City nightlife
Microsoft knowingly released a broken product for short-term hype — Bing AI got some answers completely wrong during their demo.
Twitter delays its new paid API launch by “a few more days”, claiming “there has been an immense amount of enthusiasm for the upcoming changes with Twitter API”
it's another to see exactly what that entails. @kottke@botsin.space : These updates about the Twitter API continue to be insulting and full of bullshit. Enthusiasm. Optimal experience. What a bunch...
Google's Photos iOS app is crashing at launch for users with iOS 16.3.1, the latest version; the only known workaround is not to update iOS
iOS 16.3.1 causing Google Photos to crash — A bug introduced in iOS 16.3.1 is causing Google Photos to crash at launch, so users that rely …
Amazon's Zoox says its fully autonomous vehicle carried staff between its two main buildings in Foster City, California on public roads for the first time
Zoox Inc., the self-driving startup owned by Amazon.com Inc., carried passengers in its fully autonomous vehicle on public roads for the first time.
Sources: Apple's India expansion has been slow due to logistics, tariffs, infrastructure, suppliers and officials lacking a “sense of urgency”, and other issues
Apple is hitting stumbling blocks in its effort to increase production in India, as the US tech giant faces pressure to cut its manufacturing reliance on China.
A look at the Modi administration's attempts to strengthen government control over the internet in India and its battle with Big Tech, which keeps giving in
The Modi administration keeps giving itself new powers, and Big Tech keeps giving in. — Akash Banerjee isn't sure whether he's allowed …
Apple releases macOS Ventura 13.2.1, iOS 16.3.1, and iPadOS 16.3.1 with a patch for a WebKit arbitrary code execution bug reportedly being actively exploited
Here's what's new Jade Bryan / NextPit : Apple iOS 16.3.1 released: Why you should (or not) install this iPhone update Oliver Haslam / TweakTown : Mobile Devices, Tablets & Phones News - Page 1 Juli C...
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company plans to “go big” on physical retail stores in 2023, blaming a lack of “normalcy” during the pandemic for its stumbles
Andy Jassy says ecommerce giant will double down on grocery despite recent stumbles
Report: TikTok is planning to let creators charge $1 or more for videos and is working on the Creator Fund 2.0, which could pay creators with 100K+ followers
- TikTok creators could soon start charging fans to watch their videos, per The Information. — The company hopes a paywall … Source: The Information .
Cloudflare mitigated dozens of hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks on its customers last weekend; the largest exceeded 71M rps, 35%+ higher than the previous record
This weekend, Cloudflare blocked what it describes as the largest volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to date.
Memo: Walmart plans to close its Austin, Portland, and Carlsbad, California tech hubs, telling staff to move and be in the office twice a week to stay employed
Retail giant is closing offices in Austin, Portland and Carlsbad and telling hundreds of staff they must relocate to keep their jobs
Bigscreen unveils Bigscreen Beyond, a $999 PC-powered wired VR headset with two OLED 2560×2560 displays, a 127g visor, and SteamVR Tracking, shipping in Q3 2023
Darshan Shankar, the founder of VR's leading Internet-powered platform for watching movies together …
Primate Labs releases Geekbench 6 with new and updated tests for hardware and apps using datasets that are more representative of real world workloads
According to its developer, Primate Labs, Geekbench 6 has new and updated tests that are meant to fully test modern hardware …
A look at Eric Schmidt-backed startup Ishtari, which uses machine learning to virtually assemble and test war machines from computer models of each component
The former Google CEO is on a mission to rewire the US military with cutting-edge artificial intelligence to take on China.
Over 30 prominent Chinese dissidents and activists report problems with their Twitter accounts, including disappearing from search or unexplained suspensions
As the Elon Musk-owned social media service encounters interruptions and bugs, Chinese dissidents and activists said they feared they were being muzzled. Tweets: @sarahemclaugh , @alexanderburns , @sh...
E-book pirate site Z-Library relaunches with unique domain names for each user, after the US DOJ seized 200+ domain names connected to the site in November 2022
By providing free access to millions of books, Z-Library became the go-to site for many readers in recent years.
Otter.ai announces OtterPilot, an AI assistant that summarizes meetings, captures images of slides, and more, rolling out to all users in the coming days
AI-powered voice transcription service Otter.ai is launching a new AI meeting assistant called OtterPilot, the company announced on Tuesday.
Monad Labs, founded by former Jump Trading developers to build an Ethereum virtual machine-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, raised a $19M seed led by Dragonfly
- Monad Labs raises $19 million from Dragonfly Capital, Naval Ravikant, Cobie, Hasu and others.
DARPA says its Air Combat Evolution developers used AI to successfully fly a modified F-16 test aircraft multiple times in December 2022
The fighter aircraft that was first introduced in 1978 has now seemingly evolved into an autonomous plane. — Chloe Xiang Tweets: @ldrogen and @chrismessina Tweets: Leigh Drogen / @ldrogen : If you d...
Sources detail tensions during the US-TikTok negotiations over the Chinese government's role and influence, including a possible veto over a future deal
ByteDance is under pressure from the U.S. to silo—or divest—TikTok's American operations, but the company also has to navigate Beijing's druthers
NFT marketplace Magic Eden partners with payments service MoonPay to let users buy digital collectibles using credit or debit cards, Apple Pay, or Google Pay
Rosie Perper / CoinDesk :
Meta's Oversight Board plans to review more types of cases and rule on some within 48 hours using a panel of members, without considering public comments
Meta Platforms' (META.O) Oversight Board announced Tuesday it will review more types of content moderation cases and expedite some decisions, as it aims to expand its work.
Google launches Privacy Sandbox on Android in beta, starting with a small number of Android 13 devices and bringing the OS in line with Apple's ATT updates
Thomas Germain / Gizmodo :
A study finds 11 data brokers selling Americans' mental health information, including on antidepressants, insomnia, and attention issues, likely from app makers
BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes, offering a personalized narrative based on a theme and questions, written by an AI based on OpenAI's publicly available API
but humans are still involved
Bakkt plans to shut down its consumer crypto app on March 16, two years after debuting Bakkt App with partners including Starbucks, Best Buy, and Choice Hotels
Google's Jigsaw plans to test video ads in Germany to “prebunk” misinformation, after promising results with a pilot project in Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia
fighting misinformation before it spreads — has always been at the heart of what we do. Another study confirms that it's effective: https://apnews.com/... @ap : Google's efforts to “pre-bunk” misinfor...
US prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried used a VPN on two recent occasions, raising concerns over his internet usage after a judge rejected an encrypted chat deal
Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg :
A look at the torrent of deepfake porn harassment targeted at female creators, as a Twitch streamer admits to buying deepfakes of streamers after he was caught
Geneva-based Taurus, which offers digital asset infrastructure to European financial institutions, raised a $65M Series B led by Credit Suisse
Yogita Khatri / The Block :
During Nancy Pelosi's controversial Taiwan trip, TSMC founder Morris Chang criticized the $52B CHIPS Act, saying more will be needed for chip self-sufficiency
and whether the policy represented a genuine commitment” @alexanderburns behind the scenes from Pelosi's Taiwan trip https://www.politico.com/... Alex Burns / @alexanderburns : My new column: Inside t...
NYC-based Via Transportation, which makes software for cities to help commuters find and use public transit, raised $110M led by 83North at a $3.5B valuation
Beijing's IT bureau plans to support AI startups building ChatGPT-like models and says 1,048 core AI companies, or 29% of China's total, are located in Beijing
and Beijing is watching closely Laura Dobberstein / The Register : China's tech giants and Beijing - the city - rush to build AI chatbots
Palantir reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $509M, vs. $502M est., and its first ever quarter of positive net income on a GAAP basis, at $31M; PLTR jumps 10%+
Ashley Capoot / CNBC :
Aspire, which provides Southeast Asian SMBs with international payments and other financial services, raised a $100M Series C led by Lightspeed and Sequoia
Olivia Poh / Bloomberg :
Florida-based FIS plans to spin off Worldpay, a payments business the fintech acquired for ~$43B in July 2019; FIS' stock has dropped ~45% since the acquisition
Former Gemini Trust Chief Operating Officer Noah Perlman joined Binance in January 2023 as its chief compliance officer, in time for a US regulatory squeeze
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg :
India-based insurance marketplace InsuranceDekho raised a $150M Series A led by Goldman and TVS, including ~$40M debt, a source says at a $475M-$500M valuation
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
After backlash, Spotify removes a clause that let Apple use audiobooks from Findaway Voices to develop synthetic voices; Spotify acquired Findaway in June 2022
perhaps in part because they weren't really aware it was happening or what it could lead to. https://twitter.com/... Thanks: @phonesoldier
Rigetti Computing names a new CTO and CFO and cuts 28% of its staff, as the quantum computing startup aims to finish its 84-qubit machine Ankaa this quarter
CryptoSlam: Ethereum NFT sales jumped from $546.9M in December 2022 to $780.2M in January 2023, well down from ~$5B in January 2022; average prices were ~$372
Medha Singh / Reuters :
Neeva expands its AI search tool NeevaAI, which provides real-time info with citations, to logged-in users in Europe and Canada, after a US launch in January
here's the ugly workaround Cindy Tan / Metaverse Post : Former Google and Youtube Execs Launch AI-powered Search Engine Neeva AI Internationally MediaNama : MediaNama Daily: Whatsapp+ChatGPT+Indian go...
Alibaba, Huawei, and Tencent each run more Southeast Asia availability zones than AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and are investing hundreds of millions of dollars
Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @snflds , @jchengwsj , @jchengwsj , and @quinnypig Tweets: Sean Fields / @snflds : A recent article shows that Sennheiser is working with Tencent. How w...
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